The Bantams started the season in fine form, winning three of their opening four games.

The pick of these was matchday four, which saw City notch three goals in nine second-half minutes to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-1 win against Coventry at home.

Captain Tony McMahon was the hero of the day by hitting a brace that put Bradford up to third in the League One table.

2 Bradford City 2-0 Shrewsbury (October 8 2016)

Bradford’s unbeaten start to the season stretched to 12 games, when they beat managerless Shrewsbury 2-0.

Despite their awesome run, they were still behind table-toppers Scunthorpe, albeit by a single point.

Still, they were the only club in the country that remained unbeaten in all competitions.

3 Oxford 1-0 Bradford City (October 15 2016)

But that unbeaten run came to an abrupt end in their next match when they travelled to mid-table Oxford.

Billy Clarke missed a first-half penalty for the Bantams, which would prove costly in the closing moments of the game when the U’s Chris Maguire struck a brilliant free-kick from 23 yards out in stoppage time.

A solid performance in their next game against AFC Wimbledon ensured their place in the play-offs, with Mark Marshall’s fine solo goal coupled with a McMahon brace ensuring City preserved their unbeaten league record at Valley Parade.

11 Fleetwood 0-0 Bradford City (agg 0-1) (May 7 2016)

Bradford booked their place in the play-off final at Wembley with a fine display against season-long foes Fleetwood over two legs.

A powerful header from McMahon in the second-half was enough to give the Bantam’s a slender lead in the first leg, while an incredible defensive display by centre-backs Rory McArdle and Nathaniel Knight-Percival in the second-leg was enough to steer them home to the final.

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